ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,824, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Vapor cycle cooling system for high powered devices" was invented by Bijan F. Hagh (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Joseph Borghese (Yucca Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example flash tank includes a first inlet configured to receive a superheated vapor refrigerant, a second inlet configured to receive a two-phase refrigerant, a vapor outlet, a liquid collection volume, and a phase separation matrix including a first fluid path fluidically coupled between the first inlet and the liquid collection volume, a second fluid path fluidical...